Asa was 16 months old when he nearly died after swallowing a button battery from a remote. Now, ahead of his third birthday, his family reflects on a long and challenging recovery that has defined ...

Children can suffer serious or deadly injuries after swallowing button batteries, which power a wide range of household items. Physicians say serious injury can happen within two hours ...

A terrifying X-ray has revealed how a battery from a remote control was stuck in a child's throat, leaving his mother ...

Many of them are powered by what are called button cell (or coin cell) batteries, aptly named because of their shape and small size. These batteries are powerful and compact. Unfortunately ...

Button and coin cell batteries are tiny but powerful: You can find them in everything from tealights to toys and in the hands of young children, they’re uniquely dangerous. Aside from posing a ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center released a statement on Monday urging parents to secure button batteries before the holidays. “Especially this time of year, batteries come along with gifts.

Expert tips on keeping your child safe from the risks that tiny batteries pose, and what to do if your child swallows one. Button batteries and lithium coin batteries — small, disk-shaped ...

But doctors warn that such "button batteries" can maim and kill. Pop one into your mouth and swallow—as thousands of children do annually— and they can quickly cause devastating injuries.